ekiwagbla, okubangula, okubenga, okubalangula; (point), okusongola.

mmanguse) v.i. be sharp; become sharpened; fig. be trained/ instructed.

mmenze) v.tr. fill to the brim; whet, sharpen (a knife, spear, etc.). cf. olubengo, Mmengo.

whet. cf. banguka.

e- (li/ma) arch, sharpened stick for hunting edible rats (misu).

e-, (n/n) core of a small boil; blackhead (on the nose or face); dark surface layer of a knife which is worn away when it is sharpened; first milk after childbirth.

v. (with lips), okutoobeza; (in defiance) okusoomooza; p. out, okulagirira; (sharpen) okusongola.

mpagadde) v.tr. sharpen, grind (knives, etc.); fig. sharpen; improve; colloq. scold, upbraid, okuwagala ku bwongo, to improve one's knowledge, sharpen one's wits, okuwagala amannyo, to chew.

of knives); fig. become sharpened/acute (of the sense); be intelligent/quick to comprehend. okwogiwala inf.

v.tr. caus. sharpen.

v.tr. appl. caus. sharpen for.

v. tr. sharpen; polish; say/speak with force; strike forcibly.

improve, okubennanya ng'olutta ow'etlulu, to be simple, be a snap (like killing a one-eyed man). Ttiimu ya Ssemakula bwe yazze ewaffe okuzannya omupiira okugigoba twabennanyizza bubennanya. When Ssemakula's team came to our place, it was the easiest thing in the world to beat them. Essomero libennanya bubennanya amagezi g'omuntu. School just sharpens a person's wits.

o- (mu/mi) haft of a spear (with a ferrule) used as a walking stick; walking stick; sharpened stick used in killing lungfish (mmamba).

give instruction to.

v.tr. bring to a point; cut to a point; sharpen.

v.tr. appl. sharpen for/in/at.

v.tr. appl. 2 keep sharpening; sharpen all the time.

v.tr. caus. cause to sharpen; sharpen with/using. cf. oluwagaliro.

improve oneself.

coming to a point; sharpened, cf. songoka.

-ewagala (-ewagadde) v.i. refl. sharpen oneself; be rebellious/recalcitrant/balky; be in a bad temper.